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I’ve been waiting for 5 years to build this kit. I saw one of the original issues in Rudy’s in Queens when it was first released, and I figured ‘meh, I don’t wanna schlepp it around all day - I’ll grab one next time’…and by the time it was next-time, you couldn’t get them any more (at least not for the kinda price I was willing to pay…) So, I’ve been excited to get one of these on the bench! I think Tim Boyd called this kit a ‘bench clearer’ - one of those kits where, when you get your hands on one, you clear the bench right away and start working on it…so soon as it arrived yesterday I cleared the bench, and started prepping parts! I’m going with the ‘version A’ from the manual, which is the Highboy version on the Deuce frame, Deuce grill (just because I haven’t built an A with one of those yet), probably go with the tuck ‘n’ roll interior like the blue car on the box and use those nice injector trumpets too I’ve built three of the roadster version of this kit already, so not expecting any surprises (famous last words…) but I’m going to keep fairly close to box-stock just to see how this variant goes together…maybe a few little upgrades and modifications but nothing crazy. Got everything in primer this morning and getting set to start the paint process here; the loose inspiration is something like this… …but in a candy red with candy flames. More soon - gotta go airbrush! 🤪